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    Good Food

    For-Profit Farming in Detroit

    Mike Score is the President of Hantz Farms in Detroit. He says that with forty miles of vacant property in the city limits and chronic unemployment issues, Detroit is positioned perfectly to be a hot bed of urban farming. Hantz Farms has purchased a three-acre test site where they are growing a variety of plants from blackberries to hardwood.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Mike Score is the President of Hantz Farms in Detroit. He says that with forty miles of vacant property in the city limits and chronic unemployment issues, Detroit is positioned perfectly to be a hot bed of urban farming. Hantz Farms has purchased a three-acre test site where they are growing a variety of plants from blackberries to hardwood.

    The full episode

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    Urban Farming in Detroit; Water Wars; Thai Food for Breakfast
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:25The Complicated World of Water in Southern California
    3. 17:08Dishes Spotty Future
    4. 23:44The Essential Urban Farmer
    5. 32:50For-Profit Farming in DetroitYou’re reading this
    6. 40:09A Grassroots Approach to Urban Farming in Detroit
    7. 50:08Thai Breakfast
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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    The full episode

    5 of 7
    Urban Farming in Detroit; Water Wars; Thai Food for Breakfast
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:25The Complicated World of Water in Southern California
    3. 17:08Dishes Spotty Future
    4. 23:44The Essential Urban Farmer
    5. 32:50For-Profit Farming in DetroitYou’re reading this
    6. 40:09A Grassroots Approach to Urban Farming in Detroit
    7. 50:08Thai Breakfast
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